deborah blayney
@BlayneyDeborah
Politics- liberal democracy, rule of law, and human rights.š
Concerned about backsliding, global rise of far-right populism & autocracies.
Philisophy, Fine Art
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29-01-2017 09:57:53
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Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at āDowningā (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that youāre not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.
#RwandaBill ping pong latest: victory for Lord Hopeās monitoring amendment by 245-208: majority of 37 as against yesterdayās 39. Normally margins reduce as the Bill proceeds: this is a big one.
Good to see Robert Bucklandā© standing up for what he believes. Next round of ping pong starts soon in ā¦House of Lordsā©, with likely votes on monitoring and Afghans, though double insistence does not seem to be in our repertoire of shots this time around.
'Because of the action we've taken alongside The Bank of England...inflation is now down' - Chief Sec to the Treasury Laura Trott
'But when inflation was going up you said it was nothing to do with you, now it's coming down it's everything to do with the PM' - Kay Burley
'Don't say you weren't warned.'
In one of the most important segments I've ever made, & using Trump & Trump aides' *own* words & pledges, I lay out, for #MehdiUnfiltered , what a Trump first 100 days could look like in 2025. How bad, fascistic it would be.
zeteo.com
Jenny Jones, 'The #RwandaBill is an absolutely vile bill.. The Tory government is actually abusing not just human rights and the rule of law, but also democracy itself'
'What is the point of the House of Lords if it can simply be ignored by the government?'
'If you think theā¦
Four more ā¦House of Lordsā© defeats for the government tonight on #RwandaBill , by margins of 17 to 57 votes. This speech by Lord Hope, ex-Deputy President of ā¦ā¦UK Supreme Courtā©, well expresses the idiocy of what we are being asked to do hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-04-ā¦. /1
'The #CassReport identified multiple problems with gender identity services, he said. āUnderfunding, staff overwhelmed,...mental health services in need of massive improvement. But I also think you can see the fingerprints of #transphobia on the report.ā'
theguardian.com/society/2024/aā¦
#CassReport identified multiple problems with gender identity services,āUnderfunding, staff overwhelmed, ...mental health services in need of massive improvement. But I also think you can see the fingerprints of transphobia on the report.ā theguardian.com/society/2024/aā¦
New public opinion survey from Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the most important issues facing the UK today.
Seems incredible Sunak's Tories are still pumping money into the needlessly cruel and extortionately expensive Rwanda scheme when THIS is what people actually care about.